9 Va. App. 97 - Doherty v. Doherty’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In several Virginia cases a distinction has been made between marital agreements “approved” in the decree and those which have been incorporated in the decree by reference where the parties have been ordered to comply with its terms. Without the order to comply, the sanction for contempt is not available and the remedy for noncompliance with the contract is by assumpsit in an action at law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Baldwin v. Baldwin

2. “`Where the circumstances are such that the agreement, although incorporated or approved in the decree, is not merged therein, the parties may enforce it by suing on the agreement rather than on the judgment.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 20 Va. App. 736 - Spagnolo v. Spagnolo